Thoughts from the Edges

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  • The New Thing in the New Year – Devotional for the New Year.

    And It Shall Come to Pass – DevotionalsThe New Thing in the New YearPrepared by Pastor Calvin Cook – January 1, 2025 Scripture -Isaiah 43:19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the…

  • WALKING AWAY – And It Came to Pass Devotionals

    AND it CAME to PASS DEVOTIONALSTUESDAY – December 30, 2024 – Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook WALKING AWAYGenesis 6:5-8 (NIV) The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The…

  • What is Jealousy doing to your life? Are you a Cain or Abel? Seek the Better way !

    AND it CAME to PASS – DEVOTIONALSMONDAY – December 30, 2024 – Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook Genesis 4:8 – (KJV) “And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” When I was in management…

  • Following Jesus From the Edges – “And It Came to Pass”.

    AND it CAME to PASS – DEVOTIONALS –From the sermon on December 28th and 29th, 2024 preached at Kane Community and East Kane Methodist Church – by Pastor Calvin Cook, titled “And it Came to Pass” (you can catch the service and sermon on our You Tube Channel Kane Community Methodist Church. There are a…

  • IS GOD REAL

    I know what it is to question God and find my way through a crazy world. I am thinking through a series of devotionals about God Becoming Real. I would love to hear from you about when God became real, what doubts you have if God is real, or maybe questions you are seeking answers…

  • Holding onto Jesus

    I woke this morning with an image of Jesus walking down a path holding the hand of a child. While I was still trying to grasp hold of everything that I need to do today, decisions that need made, and so much more, I confess I felt over whelmed. I entered into my time of…

  • Some Thoughts on Pearl Harbor, Mom and Dad, and remembering –

    Every year about this time my Mom would go to her bedroom and pull out a photo album and share pictures that she took in Hawaii in a time stretching from December 1941 – to some time in 1945. They are pictures that are worn with the years, some of them sticking together, some faded.…

  • Random Thoughts from the Edges – Friendships

    RANDOM THOUGHTS on FRIENDSHIPS Thinking about friendships. Realizing that our friendships have become so distant. We have social media friendships, but whatever happened to hanging out, playing games, ice cream socials, front porch sitting, and wanting to be together.  I am blessed with some good friends but I miss the times of just being together…

  • REFRESHING OUR SOUL – Morning Devotional –

    How Is It With Your Soul?Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook – 11-29-2024Refreshing Our Soul with God’s NourishmentScripture: Isaiah 43:19 (NIV) “See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 (one of my favorite…

  • Thanksgiving and Soul Care – A Thanksgiving Devotional –

    How Is It With Your Soul ? Soul Care with Thanksgiving. Prepared by Pastor Calvin Cook – 11-28-24 Scripture focus –  Psalm 9:1 – “I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.” Let us Pray – Lord, we come before You with hearts full…